> might have carried into battle around 44,000kg (c. 48.5 tons) of iron I suspect there were no Roman legions exactly fully equipped. Swords and weapons were p

> might have carried into battle around 44,000kg (c. 48.5 tons) of iron I suspect there were no Roman legions exactly fully equipped. Swords and weapons were probably far more popular than armor. And it's not like they discarded this stuff; it would be collected and redistributed possibly for generations.